Over the last days of my most recent visit to Malaysia, I made an unscheduled stop at the Steel Mosque, the colloquial name for the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia. I carried only the iPhone, and thought it best to be discreet. I made a few pictures. See,…
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The image in support of text
One of the issues I am currently writing about, and that I will include in the current project, is the way that parts of the cities, of the built-environment, in Kota Bharu and Kuala Terengganu, are dying, or left to decay. This death and dying, and what is probably wilful neglect, or considered unimportant, is…
Photograph. Façades of Istanbul Wooden Houses
The wooden houses of Istanbul, and the architecture, in general, can be traced from the Amcazade Yalısı of the late 17th century to the residential houses of the early 20th century. They stand out beautifully on Büyükada, along the Bosporus to the homes of the petit bourgeoisie of Zeyrek. See this link. I shot this…